Enlisted E-3... $10,000 bonus, E-4 after A-school after 6 month point in...

good call to wait. I just joined the AF myself and you really shouldn't do it for the money. Btw Texas is hot as balls during the summer. Lucky for you it'll be september before you leave.

Yeah...around the fall. I wish my job gave me a bonus...looks nice.

Damn e-3 don't make no 1700 a month man. I joined the army back in 2002 as an 18 year old came in as an e-3 bought my Z in 2003 just a week after my 19th birthday brand new my payments were 556 a month and i made 660 every 2 weeks as an e-3 stationed in germany. Hurtin like hell on money because insurance was 220 dollars for me too and cell phone bill. Now i'm an e-6 army recruiter making a lot more and only got a little over a year to finish paying off my Z man. in the airforce your not gonna rank at all dude, the higher and higher my rank went the easier my car payments became. I put my little sister in the army and she's an E-3 stationed in hawaii and her paychecks are only about 600 every two weeks. E-3 base pay is only about 1528 plus u gotta take away taxes, but the way the a.f. works you won't get that e-3 till you complete tech school. I pinned on e-5 in 2 yrs 4months in the army and e-6 in 4 years 8 months in the army. Only 22 years old with a Z and a brand new Kawasaki Zx636r. The thing that helped me when i first bought my z was 7 months after i bought i went to iraq and made about 700 dollars extra a week. But i tell all my kids that i recruit who wanna buy brand new cars when they first come in is too wait man, wait till atleast you make e-4 so you know what your looking at exactly and how your lifestyle is going to be how much your gonna spend a month on regular sh*t. Than when you get about a 2 years in buy u that brand new car. I know i was struggling with mine when i first bought it. good luck dude

Where do you recruit out of?

Pensacola, FL

USAREC got you by the balls huh? I was a recruiter in Orlando and Tampa. I'm a Station Commander now up in CT but I'm going WOFT. Hope you dont have a lot of time left in USAREC. I'm going on 7 1/2 years. TIME TO GO.

I'm going to wait, but thanks for the heads up.

USAA and Navy Federal ftw!!!!!


oh and 99 before I decided it wasn't a good idea to enlist

Finance counselor...also known as your supervisor, in most cases.lol

Yep usarec did get my ass D.A. selection, well I already have 1 year and 9 months out here, and got 1 year 3 months left till i get back on m1a1 as a tank commander. I already got my ring, and currently working on my medallion should have it by october. I want another iraq deployment to finish my Z hahahaha....

what's funny is i'm in the army but have my 350z financed through Navy Federal.

What are the rates like when you deal thru the milit?

I have been in the AF for 17 years now and have always wanted a Z (since 1989). I enlisted as an E-3 straight out of basic and still could not afford one until I decided to get myself a promotion present...17 years later as I put on MSgt.
As I read, you have put your plans on hold, which I think is a good choice. But don't give your hopes up. Once you complete basic, you will not be an A1C just yet. You have to complete your 3-lvl school and then once you graduate, you will be able to sew on E-3. Good thing about being a boomer (inflight refueling) is that you will have your chance to reenlist while flying over a tax exempt zone so your SRB will be tax free. Use that SRB bonus as a hefty downpayment on your Z. This way, you will have a bargaining chip at the dealer and get what you want...not what you can afford. Also, a good thing about being a boomer, KC-x are mainly based in the US. Would suck to buy a new Z and get based in Korea where E-6 and below are not able to drive nor ship a car. As they always say...if you want to PCS, buy a car or a house and you will get orders.

98% of the idiots i work with are broke as hell, me and about 3 others in my shop are the few that dont live paycheck to paycheck. One of them is my OIC .

+1 on the life options issue. I was in the Navy. In the military, as a single guy, it's ez to live cheaply. Many creditors prey on new military guys. Away from home for the first time, regular check, low payments, etc etc.

I remember this one guy, he had what I thought was a really gool car, Rabbit GTI but he was desperate to get rid of it because he got orders to Italy.

I didn't get a car until I knew I was going to be in one place for awhile. I was an E4 and it was new little mitsu turbo. If I could do it over again? 4 or 5 year old Honda or Toyota for low insurance and low maintenance costs. My money would have gone to savings for a house and my time would have gone to studying either for my Navy job or college degree or both.

The last three posts have been the most helpful. Thanks guys. I think this should be bumped in case any other new enlistees are thinking about a Z.

heh Army
 

Army here, 19k Abrams Tanker. I got a 2003 Z touring for 350$ a month and for 17800$. Got a good deal, but yea anyone here in Fort hood, 4th ID?

I'm a treadhead too, but at the Corps. I'm reserve though. Dont hate!

hey logic, forgitaboutit. Wait until you hit e-5, or just save it till you get out.

I just got back from Iraq and all I could think about was that new Z and I got it, but at what cost I was wounded in Iraq and will never be the same. If your going to enlist dont do it for a car but for your country.